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Downtown Scranton’s Ale Mary’s at The Bittenbender was recently included in Thrillist.com’s “Pennsylvania’s 10 Best Bars Outside of Philly” list.

“This is probably where Michael Scott should have taken the Dunder Mifflin staff,” the story’s blurb about the bar began, referencing the Scranton-set NBC sitcom “The Office.” “Its expansive beer list, plus a menu that includes bacon tempura, make this spot stand out among the area’s other bars.”

The third annual Teresa’s Angels Ball will present Lexi Matone’s Semi Formal on Saturday, Sept. 13, at St. Mary’s Center in downtown Scranton.

Doors open at 6 p.m., with buffet-style dinner at 7. The night also will include a cash bar, basket raffles, 50/50 and performances by Teresa’s Angels Inc. Dress is semiformal.

Tickets are $25 per person, $40 per couple, $13 for children 6 to 12 and $6 for children 5 and younger. All proceeds will benefit Lexi, a 12-year-old Blakely girl who was hit by a car on Dec. 6 and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Waverly Community House will offer French and Italian language classes this fall.

French classes will be held for eight weeks on Wednesday evenings in the Comm’s CRB Room beginning Sept. 3. Instructor Linda Pryal-LeBlanc will teach two classes each week — Beginner French from 6 to 7 p.m. and Intermediate French from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Each class is $120 and includes materials.

Instructor Stephanie Longo will teach Beginner’s Italian on Saturday mornings from 11 to noon in the CRB Room beginning Sept. 6. The six-week class is $90 and includes materials.

The two-day event is open to professionals, local backyard barbecue enthusiasts and amateur first-responder teams, and is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society and Mid Atlantic Barbecue Association. Attendees will be able to talk with the pros, sample and purchase a variety of barbecued foods — ribs, pulled pork, chicken, brisket, etc. — and vote for their favorites.

The Madison Twp. resident’s Italian wedding soup recipe was featured on the cover and inside of Taste of Home magazine. The article also highlights Ms. Hitchcock’s annual soup exchange party.

Ms. Hitchcock is founder of the recipe blog It’s a Keeper (www.itisakeeper.com), which she started in 2010 as a place to document her adventures in the kitchen.

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